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   yard goods
         n 1: merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard [syn:
               {yard goods}, {piece goods}]

English Dictionary: yard grass by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yard grass
n
  1. coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
    Synonym(s): yardgrass, yard grass, wire grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yard sale
n
  1. an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
    Synonym(s): garage sale, yard sale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardage
n
  1. distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardgrass
n
  1. coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
    Synonym(s): yardgrass, yard grass, wire grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardstick
n
  1. a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
  2. a ruler or tape that is three feet long
    Synonym(s): yardstick, yard measure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries.
      garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden,
      G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[edh]r
      yard, house, Sw. g[86]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
      garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
      Cf. {Court}, {Garden}, {Garth}, {Horticulture}, {Orchard}.]
      1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of,
            or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a
            barnyard.
  
                     A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which
                     she had a cock, hight chanticleer.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried
            on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
  
      {Liberty of the yard}, a liberty, granted to persons
            imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any
            other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not
            to go beyond those limits.
  
      {Prison yard}, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to
            it.
  
      {Yard grass} (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica})
            having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
            like places, especially in the Southern United States.
            Called also {crab grass}.
  
      {Yard of land}. See {Yardland}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yarwhip \Yar"whip`\, n. [So called from its sharp cry uttered
      when taking wing.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also {yardkeep},
      and yarwhelp. See {Godwit}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yardstick \Yard"stick`\, n.
      A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure
      of cloth, etc.
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